Forman v. New York Transportation Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff in the Municipal Court of the city of New York, fifth district, borough of Manhattan.
1Opinion of the CourtScott, J.
In this action, brought to recover damages for injuries to a hansom cab owned by the plaintiff and alleged to have been run into by a stage coach drawn by two horses upon Fifth avenue, the only testimony as to ownership of the stage coach was that of the plaintiff who at first testified that, upon the stage were the words “ New York Transportation Co. No. 14.” Subsequently he modified that statement and the most he would testify to was that the coach had upon it the number “ 14 ” and, somewhere upon the inside, upon a small piece of paper, the words “ New York Transportation Company; ” that,…
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